- Best of Chicago, Goods & Services, Jun 19, 2013
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Best Place Where Music and Clothes Meet
Jugrnaut
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 11, 2013
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Figuring out "No New Friends"
When is a remix not a remix?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 4, 2013
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French Montana and the case of the missing crossover
Long-awaited debut rap album flops with pop listeners.
- Music, Music Feature, May 30, 2013
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Why mixtapes don't hit the charts
It's not because they aren’t a vital format or the fuel for a parallel music economy—it’s because Billboard and the RIAA ignore them.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 29, 2013
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The best new summer jam about ice cream
A veteran of Chicago's DIY punk scene drops a great jam about ice cream that draws upon R&B and rap, and just in time for summer.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 24, 2013
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How local rapper Young Giftz improved his already great tune "Nino"
Up-and-coming local MC Young Giftz improved on his great 2012 collaboration with Tree, "Nino," by making it longer and adding contributions from members of Save Money.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 23, 2013
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Tim Dog: Dead or alive?
Is a recently deceased old-school rapper actually alive and on the lam?
- Music, In Rotation, May 23, 2013
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In Rotation: Ned Hepburn of Death and Taxes on the awesomeness of the new Daft Punk album
Plus: RedEye columnist Ernest Wilkins on the latest from the "Hot Cheetos & Takis" kids, the Reader's Miles Raymer on finally liking Vampire Weekend, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, May 16, 2013
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Stream new collaborations starring The-Dream and French Montana
Sexy new jams by two artists with overdue albums
- Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2013
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Rocko's "Feels Guud" is your Monday jam
Positive mental attitude from an embattled Atlanta MC
- Blogs, Bleader, May 2, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Remembering Kris Kross's Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly with the duo's classic "Jump"
Kris Kross's Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly passed away last night at the age of 34, so let's celebrate his life by listening to his group's megajam "Jump."
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 26, 2013
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Local streetwear label plans charity J. Dilla tribute shirt
Celebrate Jay Dee, help out a good charity, and cover your shame at the same time.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 24, 2013
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Another tab of Acid Rap: More nuggets about Chance the Rapper's life, music, and forthcoming mixtape
Couldn't get enough of Chicago MC Chance the Rapper in the Reader's B Side cover feature?
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 24, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Wrecking Ball," wiggy psychedelic space-funk from London's Heliocentrics
London's terrific weirdo instrumental funk band Heliocentrics are back with its first album in six years.
- Music, Music Feature, Apr 23, 2013
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Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap
The local MC's second mixtape is about to take him to some places he's only imagined.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 23, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Big K.R.I.T. and Trinidad James team up on "My Trunk"
Conscious rap and "ignorant" rap get along surprisingly well.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2013
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Win a Closed Sessions CIMMfest prize pack
Try your hand at rap-related movie trivia and win a pair of tickets to Closed Sessions' CIMMfest showcase and a limited label T-shirt.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 16, 2013
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Future, Drake, Lil Wayne, and pop's fluid identity
How features, collaborations, and various team-ups are reshaping the pop charts
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 5, 2013
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Mykki Blanco reps Chicago with Supreme Cuts
A leaked team-up from a highly anticipated EP
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 27, 2013
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Limp Bizkit makes Lil Wayne sound OK
The good thing about Limp Bizkit's terrible new song is that Lil Wayne isn't the worst part about it.
